How does Tracfone Work?

Tracfone is a Prepaid also known as Pay as you go cell phone company.

First you purchase a TracFone and activate it. To activate your phone you can go online to Tracfone.com or you can call Tracfone at 1-800-867-7183. You will have to punch in a series of numbers and then the phone will say ok. It is quite simple.

Next you wait a few minutes for your phone to become active. I have activated a lot of phones and usually it takes from a couple minutes to an hour to become active.

Now you will have 20 minutes on your Tracfone if you activated online or 10 minutes on your phone if you activated by phone.

How to Add Tracfone Minutes

Before installing minutes, I would make sure the phone works by calling a friend. Do not use up all of your minutes. Now you want to check to see if your phone gets service where you want to use it. A friend of mine could only get her phone to work if she was out on her front porch, not handy if trying to call while you are at home. If the phone is going to work for you now you can install a minutes card.

Installing Tracfone Minutes

With the newer phones you can install minutes three different ways.

Directly from your Prepaid phone menu on your TracFone and you will see 'Add Airtime.' Click on this and you will be asked for an 'Airtime PIN.' After you have put in your PIN (it will be a 15 digit number on your Tracfone Card or receipt) you can put in a 5 digit Bonus Code. Check out my other articles for information on Bonus Codes.

You can go online to the Tracfone.com web site and add your minutes.

You can call 1-800-867-7183 from a different phone. You cannot add minutes to a Tracfone while you are talking on it. When you call you will navigate a phone menu to add minutes.

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